I believe in the power of music to heal and inspire.

Every person must have a thought that changes them, or a book, or a word, or a moment; and if they don't, their life is wasted.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

The fundamental impulse that sets and keeps the capitalist engine in motion comes from the new consumers' goods, the new methods of production or transportation, the new markets, the new forms of industrial organization that capitalist enterprise creates.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

The best characters are the ones who stay with you long after the book is closed.